Lisa and Kendra arrived at Lisa's house. There were no other cars in the driveway.
"My parents are at work" explained Lisa.
They dropped their schoolbags by the door and Lisa showed Kendra around the house. It had a slight nautical theme. Kendra wondered if Lisa's parents were also mermaids or just loved the ocean. Lisa's room had numerous mermaid statues. The room was painted a shade of pink, similiar to the color of Lisa's scales that she had briefly shown Kendra back at the school's pool. It reminded Kendra of her own room: mermaids and a shade of purple not far from her own tail. She commented about this to Lisa and also that based on the CDs in Lisa's room they had similiar musical tastes.
Kendra felt better now. She had known who Lisa was before but had never guessed she was also a mermaid or that they had much in common.
Finally they headed out back to the pool. Lisa opened the glass sliding door and let Kendra step out first to the pool deck. It was a large pool with a jacuzzi, screened it and with a high fence around the yard to keep neighbors for spying any swimming mermaids.
Kendra turned around to face Lisa who was standing there smiling. "You have a great house" said Kendra. "I'm so happy to get to know you today. Time for a swim?"